The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-01
FISHERIES ARBITRATION.
CHAMBERLAIN' CHOICE PLEASES
LONDON EDITORS.

His Board of Trade Experience Sure to
Prove Valuable-The Represent ative
of This Government Not Yet Selected
No Doubt But Good Man Will be
Secured
LONDON, Aug 31.-The Telegraph says
that Mr.. Chamberlain's board of trade ex-
perience will prove valuable to him in his
capacity as member of the Board of Con
troll of Fisheries, and that he is pre-eminent-
ly the man TO unravel the technicalitieS of
the matter of devising q reasonable settle
ment of the fisheries question, if such a
thing is possible.
The Standard, referring to the appoint
ment of Mr.. Chamberlain, says: Both the
Canadian and the United States Govern
ments may be congratulated upon this de-
cision, while our own Ministry may be
commended for their choice of Mr.. Cham
berlain. Canadian interests will be per-
fectly safe in his hands, and Americans
will recognize i'll him freedom from preju-
dice, which will insure due consideration
for their case even to arguments which
will tell against ourselves.
The Standard says the Fisheries Commits
sion is to include a member of the Canadian
government.
1t is the opinion here that Sir John Mac
Donald will be asked to represent Canada
on the Fisheries Commission.
Sir Lionel West, Minister at Washington,
win also join the commission. The state
ment that Earl of Dunraven and
Mr.. Powell would go to America as mem
bers of the commission was erroneous.
Mr.. Chamberlain intends to depart for
America at an early date.
WASHINGTON NOT YET NOTIFIED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The Department
of State has not yet been officially advised
of Mr. Chamberlain's appointment as Presi-
dent of the Royal Commission, charged with
the duty of effecting a settlement of the
questions at issue between the United
States and Great Britain concerning
the fisheries. While this government
has not yet selected the persons who
will be entrusted with the conduct
of the negotiations in it's interest, yet little
difficulty is expected to be met in finding
men whose breadth of views and legal
knowledge will insure proper presentation
| of the interests of the United States and an
| agreement honorable in terms and salts
| factory to the whole country. Secretary
| Bayard will make it point that on the
| questions at issue our representatives shall
present an undivided front.
THE PRESIDENTS POWERS
| He believes that there can be no doubt as
| to the powers of the President to appoint
| American Commissioners, as he is constitu-
| tionally authorized to initiate negotiations
and make treaties with foreign countries
subject to ratification by the Senate. The
exact functions of the commission have
not been defined. Generally it will
consider all of the questions now
| at issue between the United States and
| Canada arising from the conflicting claims
of the two countries respecting the fisheries
but whether the result of the negotiations
| if successful, will be new treaty or an
amicable agreement under the treaty now
| operative cannot at present be predicted.
| The negotiations with Great Britain have,
| however, now reached such phase that
| Secretary Bayard is encouraged in the be-
| lief that the final adjustment of the ques
| tions which have vexed the two nations
| since the expiration of the treaty of Wash
| ington is near at hand.
The State Department officials say that
| unless the new English commission gets
| speedily to work there will be nothing left
for them to do. 1t is argued from this that
| the negotiations which have been in progress
regarding this matter between the State
Department and the British Foreign Office
are assuming a shape which warrants the
belief that the vexed question of the fisher
les will soon be satisfactorily settled.